Match BROADWAY REVIEWS

NY TIMES

Opening Night:

April 8, 2004

Closing:

May 23, 2004

Theater: Gerald Schoenfeld / 236 West 45th Street, New York, NY,

Synopsis:

A husband and wife arrive on the doorstep of a once renowned dancer to interview him about his past. By night's end what they have learned will change them all forever. Frank Langella, Ray Liotta, and Jane Adams star on Broadway in the world premiere of Stephen Belber's play, Match, directed by Nicholas Martin.

NEW YORK TIMES REVIEW OF Match

A Folksy Eccentric Who's Got a Secret

Ben Brantley

April 9, 2004: Now this is what it means to work a room. In the opening moments of ''Match,'' the slim and soggy new comedy by Stephen Belber that opened last night at the Plymouth Theater, Frank Langella is utterly alone onstage. This is appropriate, since aloneness is a dominant shade in Mr. Langella's portrait of his character, an aging choreographer and dance teacher named Tobi Powell. But though there's not another soul in Tobi's apartment, he fills the space with the social energy of Le Cirque 2000 during a weekday lunch hour.

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